PHOTO: Joba Chamberlain's fantastic Tommy John surgery-inspired elbow tattoo

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Detroit Tigers reliever Joba Chamberlain has a new (to us, anyway) tattoo, and it is amazing. Check it out: 

[Courtesy the Detroit Free Press, duh]

This is why they pay photographers at newspapers the big bucks. 

Chamberlain had Tommy John surgery in June 2011, leaving him with a scar, which, as you can see, he's turned into a smile. 

And you know what? We can appreciate that. Life's all about turning negatives into positives; it's about learning from our most troubled experiences, and becoming better people - and pitchers - because of them.

We didn't expect to learn life lessons from Joba Chamberlain, of all people, on a Thursday evening in late February, but here we are. Thank you, Joba. Thank you so much.